Today in history, Nov 10th!

Some of the great historical events that happened today in history, on November 10th!

Today’s historical facts are from various sites including, but not limited too: the History Channel, The New York Times, WHG Historynet.com, HistoryOrb.com, and On This Day blogs from my blogroll.

http://hankeringforhistory.com/2012/11/10/today-in-history-nov-10th/

1483	Martin Luther, leader of the Protestant Reformation, was born in Eisleben, Germany.
1493	Christopher Columbus discovers Antigua during his second expedition.
1775	U.S. Marine Corps founded.
1782	In the last battle of the American Revolution, George Rodgers Clark attacks Indians and Loyalists at Chillicothe, in Ohio Territory.
1871	Journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found missing Scottish missionary David Livingstone in central Africa and delivered his famous greeting: “Dr. Livingstone, I presume
1879	Little Bighorn participant Major Marcus Reno is caught window-peeping at the daughter of his commanding officer–an offense for which he will be court-martialed.
1911	President Taft ends a 15,000-mile, 57-day speaking tour.
1911	The Imperial government of China retakes Nanking.
1917	Forty-one US suffragettes are arrested protesting outside the White House.
1928	Hirohito was enthroned as Emperor of Japan.
1938	Fascist Italy enacts anti-Semitic legislation.
1938	Kate Smith first sang Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America” on network radio.
1941	Churchill promises to join the U.S. “within the hour” in the event of war with Japan.
1942	Admiral Jean Darlan orders French forces in North Africa to cease resistance to the Anglo-American forces.
1942	British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, discussing the recent victory over Rommel at El Alamein, Egypt, said “Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.”
1951	Direct-dial, coast-to-coast telephone service began with a call between the mayors of Englewood, N.J., and Alameda, Calif.
1952	U.S. Supreme Court upholds the decision barring segregation on interstate railways.
1954	The U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, depicting the raising of the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945, was dedicated in Arlington, Va.
1961	Andrew Hatcher is named associate press secretary to President John F. Kennedy.
1961	The satirical anti-war novel “Catch-22″ by Joseph Heller was published.
1969	“Sesame Street” debuted on PBS.
1971	Two women are tarred and feathered in Belfast for dating British soldiers, while in Londonderry, Northern Ireland a Catholic girl is also tarred and feathered for her intention of marrying a British soldier.
1972	Hijackers divert a jet to Detroit, demanding $10 million and ten parachutes.
1975	The iron ore freighter Edmund Fitzgerald breaks in half and sinks at the eastern end of Lake Superior–all 29 crew members perish.
1975	The U.N. General Assembly approved a resolution equating Zionism with racism.
1986	President Ronald Reagan refuses to reveal details of the Iran arms sale.
1997	A judge in Cambridge, Mass., reduced Louise Woodward’s murder conviction to manslaughter and sentenced the English au pair to time served in the death of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen.
1997	WorldCom Inc. and MCI Communications Corp. agreed to a $37 billion merger.
2001	The World Trade Organization approved China’s membership.
2009	John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks that killed 10 in the Washington, D.C. region, was executed.